Problem
Orphan children
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
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Orphans Incidence:
In 1999, it was reported that 200,000 children were trapped in an "archipelago of grim state institutions, (where) the authorities of the Russian Federation are violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens: children abandoned to state orphanages." In Russia there is pressure upon parents of newborns with disabilities to institutionalize them. There is also a tendency to assume that abandoned children automatically inherit physical, mental abnormalities and behavioral patterns such as criminality.
Broader Problems:
Victimization of childrenState custody of deprived childrenAbandoned childrenAdverse childhood experiences Narrower Problems:
AIDS orphansNeglect of dependents of war victimsDecreasing number of adoptive parentsDecreasing number of adoptable childrenUnlimited practice of human embryo storageClimate orphans Related Problems:
Abandoned childrenSingle child familyOrphaned baby animalsDenial of right to a family Aggravates:
Corruption of minorsUntenable orphan care Subject(s):
Society → DisadvantagedSociety → Infants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
23.09.2019 – 09:01 CEST